When I joined MySQL AB a bit more than 5 years ago Massimo was my mentor. He taught me about MySQL Cluster and eventually other technologies, and he taught me that in Southern Europe it is considered rude to go to the customer's office 9 am in the morning. It was a lot of fun and a bit sentimental that my last talk in the MySQL space was a joint presentation with him. Massimo has defended automated failover while I have argued against it.